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Western Cape

  • Leslie London reviews 'An Uncomfortable Paradise: A history of dispossession and slavery in Simon’s Town'
  • A book that celebrates the glorious heritage of Paarl
  • Review of 'Much Water under Many Bridges'
  • Review of The Historical Karoo and The Historical Overberg
  • 'The Man behind the Beard' - A sympathetic biography that makes a contribution to the history of South Africa in the 20th century
  • Review of 'Tavern of the Seas: The Unseen Years 1935-1955'
  • The Silver Tea Service - A memoir dipped in mystery
  • Review of 'Arthur Elliott - A Memoir of the Man and the Story of his Photographic Collection'
  • I am now the delighted owner of the second edition of Early Architects of Cape Town
  • Review of 'A History of the Iziko South African National Gallery: Reflections on Art and National Identity'
  • Empire, War and Cricket - An immensely readable book that is an impressive addition to South African history
  • Review of Cape Town: Then and Now
  • Review of hostels homes museum | Memorialising migrant labour pasts in Lwandle, South Africa
  • Review of Building Apartheid on Architecture and Order in Imperial Cape Town
  • Review of Hidden Cape Town - The book is a visual feast
  • Homeless Wanderers - Movement and mental illness in the Cape Colony in the Nineteenth Century
  • From Lithuania to a false start in Johannesburg and settling in Cape Town
  • The First Serious Study of the Life and Work of Nita Spilhaus
  • Western Provincial versus Transvaal Republican

From our Archive

  • Was there life before Metrication?
  • Step into Victorian Joburg
  • Last Chance to see 'A City Refracted'
  • Stuttafords to be fashionable once again
  • The Scottish Horse Memorial - The story behind one of Johannesburg's earliest war memorials
  • A secret heritage home on the Kensington ridge
  • Latent South African Visual History - Magic lantern slides
  • Life as a POW - May 1941-45 (Epilogue)
  • Port Elizabeth Heritage In Danger - Silence from Eastern Cape Authorities
  • Crossing the Vaal (at Vereeniging)
  • The Eccentric Engineer
  • The Indian War Memorial: National Memory and Selective Forgetting
  • Isandlwana - Durnford's Last Stand
  • Go well Pat Rundgren - you were one of a kind
  • The Village and Buildings of Cullinan

From the Directory

  • Hilton Steam Heritage Association
  • ARCON Conservation Architects & Spatial Heritage Consultants
  • Elegant Places
  • KlipSA (Klipriviersberg Sustainability Association)
  • Limpopo Provincial Heritage Resources Authority (LIHRA)
  • Strandlopers
  • Boikanyo oo Menwe Foundation
  • Knysna Ratepayers Association (KRA)
  • McGregor Heritage Society
  • Braamfontein Spruit Trust
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